Miles Thompson

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Miles Thompson
Born (1990-12-08) December 8, 1990 (age 33)
Nedrow, New York
Nationality Iroquois
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight185 pounds (84 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionAttack
NLL draft3rd overall, 2014
Minnesota Swarm
NLL team Georgia Swarm
MLL draft20th overall, 2014
Rochester Rattlers
PLL team Chaos Lacrosse Club
Pro career2014–
Career highlights

Miles Thompson (born December 8, 1990) is a Haudenosaunee professional lacrosse player from the Hawk Clan of the Onondaga Confederacy of the Six Nations of the Grand River. He played for the University at Albany in NCAA Division I college lacrosse and plays for the Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League and Chaos Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League. He shared the 2014 Tewaaraton Trophy with his brother Lyle. [1] [2]

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During that year, that attack line consisting of those two and their cousin, Ty Thompson, dubbed the "Thompson Trio", shattered multiple NCAA Division 1 records, and is widely considered one of the greatest attack lines in college lacrosse history. [3] [4] [5]

Early life

Miles grew up in the Onondaga Nation with parents Doloris and Jerome Thompson. He was one of five children in the family, which included brothers Jeremy, Lyle, and Jerome Jr. (Haina). Miles attended LaFayette High School, outside Syracuse, New York, and was a standout in their lacrosse program.

College

Miles attended the University at Albany, SUNY, where he played lacrosse with his brother Lyle and cousin Ty Thompson. The three Thompsons all played attack and scored 259 points in 2013. [6] In 2014, Miles and Lyle were the first Native American players to win the Tewaaraton Trophy; tewaaraton is the Mohawk term for the precursor of modern lacrosse. He finished at the University of Albany with 293 total points and holds an NCAA Record for scoring a goal in every game he played in. [7]

Major League Lacrosse

Miles Thompson was drafted in the third round, 20th overall, in the 2014 MLL Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. He was then traded to the Florida Launch and was on the active roster with them in their inaugural season. In 2015, the Launch selected Miles' brother Lyle first overall in the 2015 MLL Draft. The brothers' first game together was against the Ohio Machine.

National Lacrosse League

Miles was drafted third overall in the 2014 NLL draft by the Minnesota Swarm. After his rookie season in Minnesota, the Swarm relocated to Georgia, becoming the Georgia Swarm. Thompson's younger brother Lyle was also drafted by the Swarm the next season, and older brother Jerome was acquired by the Swarm in 2016.

Premier Lacrosse League

Thompson signed with the PLL and was selected to play for the Chaos Lacrosse Club prior to the PLL's inaugural season in 2019.

International competition

As a player for the Iroquois men's national lacrosse team in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Miles helped the Iroquois Nationals place third, their best-ever result in international field lacrosse competition.

Miles played for the Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team at the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. The Iroquois won the silver medal, falling to Canada in the final match on September 27, 2015.

Miles again led the Iroquois to a 3rd place finish at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship. [8]

NLL career statistics

Miles ThompsonRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2015 Minnesota Swarm 182735626973.443.830.39
2016 Georgia Swarm 171917365692.123.290.531202502.005.000.00
2017 Georgia Swarm1632255765113.564.060.69464101902.504.750.00
2018 Georgia Swarm172122435382.533.120.471112602.006.000.00
2019 Georgia Swarm1823204339122.392.170.671112002.000.000.00
2020 Georgia Swarm111716334363.003.910.55
2022 Georgia Swarm3628302.671.000.00
100145137282328532.823.280.537106163002.294.290.00
Career Total:107155143298358532.793.350.50

GPGames played; GGoals; AAssists; PtsPoints; LBLoose balls; PIMPenalty minutes; Pts/GPPoints per games played; LB/GPLoose balls per games played; PIM/GPPenalty minutes per games played.

PLL career statistics

Miles ThompsonRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOAGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOA
2019 Chaos LC 6 1106172870000 2 2035540000
2020 Chaos LC 7 40151100000
13150722397000022035540000
Career Total:15170102744110000

GPGames played; GGoals; 2PG2-point goals; AAssists; PtsPoints; ShShots; GBGround balls; PenPenalties; PIMPenalty minutes; FOWFaceoffs won; FOAFaceoffs attempted

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References

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